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I'm So New Orleans, #HonestTransplant Edition

#ImSoNewOrleans

Annie Drummond

I'm sure everyone has seen it by now ... the #ImSoNewOrleans tag on Twitter and Facebook ... it's actually now a thing of the past .. but that's the trouble with having a bi-weekly blog. Sometimes things pass by so quickly, that by the time I can write about it, it's very tired and old news.

Internet memes come and go so fast. They're insanely popular one day, and then by the time you see your mom participating in one, you know it's done ... not cool anymore.

And by the time someone starts making anti-memes, you know it's seriously not cool anymore. It's now cool to hate on said internet meme, with more internet memes.

And so we get the backlash tag. Anyone still participating in #ImSoNewOrleans ... is now NOT New Orleans at all. It's unacceptable. The whole thing has now become so annoying, that only those transplant people are doing it.

So now that it's probably only transplants and grandmas still doing #ImSoNewOrleans, I've decided to make mine honest.

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Annie Drummond is a graphic designer and artist from Columbus, Ohio. She has a degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design. Two years ago she made the move from the Midwest to New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood and fell deeply in love as she discovered the rhythms and traditions of her new city. In addition to The Lighter Side, she writes about food, art and design (and other stuff) at www.AnniedelaDolce.com.